Povey Prattle

In 2016 the University of Florida Press published "Backroads Of Paradise: A Journey To Rediscover Old Florida". Here is the background to this book. "In the 1930's, the Federal Writers' Project sent mostly anonymous writers,..........into the depths of Florida to reveal its splendor  to the world. (Back then) the FWP and the State of Florida jointly published the results as "Florida: A Guide to the Southernmost State" . The 2016 book  "Backroads Of Paradise: A Journey To Rediscover Old Florida" recounts a journey in which the author attempts to  travel again on the 1930's roads and journeys.  The journeys are an exploration of what is left of "old Florida" in the midst of over-developed Florida. In my part of Florida she likes Anna Maria Island, describing it as a seven mile strip of paradise.  She is happy that the Island can attract visitors without needing tall buildings. Then our author describes Longboat Key and

Am I right in supposing that the sight of a full moon brings joy and wonder throughout the world?

If you have followed me on Facebook you will know that Comcast/xfinity increased my monthly charge yet again My cable T.V service is paid for via my monthly dues to the Glen Oaks Ride Condo. Assoc. which has negotiated a sweetheart cable T.V deal on behalf of our 197 owners. So I need Comcast only for internet access via wi-fi. For this they want to charge me $74 per month, (an $8 increase per month) on the basis that they offer me "enhanced" services such as live streaming of T.V. shows and Movies etc. I am not interested in these enhanced services. but I have to pay for them. It's as if a gas station when offering three grades of petrol said "well we know that you only use Regular. but we will charge you for Super on the basis that we offer it. whether or not you use it". Gas/petrol grades in the USA. An older picture, (prices are lower these days), which illustrates the difference in cost between Regular and Super grades.hg

Locals at the north end of Beneva Rd., Sarasota were thrilled to bits when "Alma's Kouzine" opened up in a Plaza on Beneva Rd.,  (north of Fruitville and South of 17th Street) It was just the kind of  neighbourhood and unpretentious place with terrific food which we all longed for. I, and very many of my local pals,  were frequent visitors to Alma's Kouzine where we could be certain to enjoy delicious, inexpensive,  and healthy foods for breakfast and lunch (and sometimes for dinner). More than the food, we were blessed to encounter Alma herself, and her fabulous cook and husband Benny.   They knew that good food is not great unless there is also a top-notch hospitality. I liked it so much that I took my niece Beth and her partner Jordan to Alma's three or four times in 2015 when they visited me from the U.K.. More that that, when my sisters Maureen and Jean (with their respective husbands Bern and John ) also visited later in 2015,  I made sure

(1)   Throw away the spices which you haven't used in years  (some of which came down to Florida from Massachusetts ten years ago) (2)   Enjoy the spice of your life.